HIROSHIMA, July 29 Kyodo - A former U.S. soldier whose older brother was killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad while serving in the U.S. military will attend an annual peace memorial ceremony in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 to mark the 56th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city, a local civic group said Thursday. The 23-year-old former soldier, who also served in Iraq, is now a member of an antiwar group in the United States, the Hiroshima Association for Nuclear Weapons Abolition said.

He will stay in Hiroshima for three days from Aug. 5. July 29, 2004 22:39:43